The New Murrey and Blue blog

A Norfolk mystery solved

, ,
, , , , , ,

This BBC article explains how a Californian follower on Twitter solved the case of an inscription on a mediaeval silver seal matrix.

The wording on the rim is almost certainly Declina a Malo et fac bonum (“decline from evil and do good”) from Psalm 36:27 (ie 37 nowadays).

Subscribe to my newsletter

  1. The largest brick-built Tudor barn in England…. – murreyandblue

    […] outhouses, but in this case it’s a lot bigger than the edifices we laugh about. Hales Hall in Norfolk has a barn-and-a-half. And it really is the largest in […]

    Like

    Reply
  2. The house with the elusive history…. – murreyandblue

    […] an ugly topping of huge Tudor chimneys. What a difference it makes. Sharrington Hall, near Holt in Norfolk, is a truly beautiful old property which the agents Savills describe as a “….Historic Grade […]

    Like

    Reply

Leave a reply to The largest brick-built Tudor barn in England…. – murreyandblue Cancel reply